Interestingly I think it was david harmon on the SBS feed
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 24 March 2014 22:49 (ten years ago) link
kelly on mine, but with whom i can't say.
― a nation filled with lead (Hunt3r), Monday, 24 March 2014 22:54 (ten years ago) link
wait we didn't talk about contador and his breakaway trailer paperboying the final climb in that tirreno stage, did we? because im pretty sure when pistolero paperboys it's steep. amazing.
― a nation filled with lead (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 02:53 (ten years ago) link
http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube3/?title=Last+2.5+Km+of+Stage+5&dashboard=tirreno-adriatico&id=kN1BUAv4fdI&yr=2014
― a nation filled with lead (Hunt3r), Tuesday, 25 March 2014 16:38 (ten years ago) link
that looked fucking. awful.
30% are you even
― gbx, Wednesday, 26 March 2014 00:40 (ten years ago) link
Flanders was really good today, I thought
― he is looking only the ball (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 6 April 2014 21:05 (ten years ago) link
I thought terpstra was going to get across at the end while the front four were freewheeling along looking at each other in the last km!
― BARGEARSE (haitch), Sunday, 6 April 2014 23:15 (ten years ago) link
Damn, pity SBS only had the last 36km but at least the DVR kept up with it.
OPQS is looking like too many chiefs not enough indians, especially with boonen not firing on all cylinders. Also would have been interesting to see where gearing thomas may have ended up if he hadn't spent so much time on the deck.
Can't argue with Cancellara's tactical nouse, even if he can't TT off the front like he used to he can still out think the you guys in a small bunch. I have to ask the question, has he really lost the ability to dump people like he used to or has the change in course joined with a desire to win differently? It certainly makes for better TV.
Track standing in the velodrome next sunday?
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 6 April 2014 23:29 (ten years ago) link
omg that crash roll at steephill esp jvs :(
― ale burphard iii (Hunt3r), Monday, 7 April 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
Gearing Thomas
― he is looking only the ball (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 7 April 2014 08:16 (ten years ago) link
basque country looks like it'd be nice to visit
― BARGEARSE (haitch), Monday, 7 April 2014 14:13 (ten years ago) link
In other news, the wheels appear to have come off the sky GT bus. Froome is MIA with an injured back, Porte has been pulled from the giro and Contador looks very very strong.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 7 April 2014 20:09 (ten years ago) link
it's no "steele von hoff" but the name "stig broeckx" sounds and looks legit for cobble action.
― ale burphard iii (Hunt3r), Monday, 7 April 2014 20:16 (ten years ago) link
^^agree w/ this, born for it
― BARGEARSE (haitch), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 01:53 (ten years ago) link
haitch, total rush is doing a Paris Roubaix screening on sunday, if you are interested
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/17xIAuFInNBhRkAhUSxm-Zd-STAiO37FG4QgYFIilvS0/viewform
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 05:49 (ten years ago) link
I can't! doing dinner with the fam, probably won't get back in time unforch. there's a few places screening it by the looks - TR, fitzroy revolution, a bloc...
― Get A BREAKER! MORANTS (haitch), Friday, 11 April 2014 01:17 (ten years ago) link
I know him more from MotoGP, but figured this was a good place to ask the Brits:
What is Carlton Kirby's accent exactly? I figure it's Northern, but is it Manchester? Sheffield?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Sunday, 13 April 2014 14:54 (ten years ago) link
Kind of nondescript, really couldn't say where he's from.
Great race.
― he is looking only the ball (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
i like the winner, but i thought it was pretty boring. it would get to the edge of exciting and then fizzle regroup.
― ale burphard iii (Hunt3r), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:23 (ten years ago) link
I enjoyed that,
Slightly marred by the fact that on my ride home someone in a white ford falcon estate to the trouble to lead out of their window and hit me. No lights on so not even the slightest inkling of their number plate.
Not sure it was boring, I had my money on degenkolb when it all came together. I was truly impressed to see sky ride a decent classics race even if I didn't think they had much of a chance from that final bunch. In the end though Boonen's super domestique work secured the win.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:35 (ten years ago) link
was bummed to see gva go down and have to chase back in, i was hoping he'd get a shot out of that group.
hope youre ok ed, that's super scary.
― ale burphard iii (Hunt3r), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:53 (ten years ago) link
I'm fine, it could have been a lot worse.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Sunday, 13 April 2014 15:57 (ten years ago) link
Thomas:I was on the back just trying to catch my breath. I was hoping that Brad would go but when he didn’t, the [Giant-] Shimano guy started coming and I rode with him. I was hoping that Brad would hit them in the end, but I guess he didn’t felt confident in doing so. Maybe he was waiting for Fabian to try something, I don’t know. I committed myself for him and that was it.Wiggins:There’s a tinge of disappointment. I really had legs, even in the final, I felt strong. I was pinching myself a little bit, I don’t mind admitting that. I attacked, and then after that, I don’t know really, I just felt out-numbered. And the run-in was quite fast in the last five kilometres. Terpstra played it perfectly with Stybar and Boonen. It was a real honour to be in the final, going past Boonen on the Carrefour was special. And then to come on the velodrome with a group like Cancellara. To be there was great. It gave me confidence that I can do it now and match those guys.
I was on the back just trying to catch my breath. I was hoping that Brad would go but when he didn’t, the [Giant-] Shimano guy started coming and I rode with him. I was hoping that Brad would hit them in the end, but I guess he didn’t felt confident in doing so. Maybe he was waiting for Fabian to try something, I don’t know. I committed myself for him and that was it.
Wiggins:
There’s a tinge of disappointment. I really had legs, even in the final, I felt strong. I was pinching myself a little bit, I don’t mind admitting that. I attacked, and then after that, I don’t know really, I just felt out-numbered. And the run-in was quite fast in the last five kilometres. Terpstra played it perfectly with Stybar and Boonen. It was a real honour to be in the final, going past Boonen on the Carrefour was special. And then to come on the velodrome with a group like Cancellara. To be there was great. It gave me confidence that I can do it now and match those guys.
ppl r riding 4 u stop pinching urself
― ale burphard iii (Hunt3r), Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:08 (ten years ago) link
I did wonder what they were up to - I thought maybe everyone was waiting for the inevitable surge from Cancellara that didn't come. I was hoping Wiggins was waiting for them to get over the final proper section of cobbles and then just try to break clear and time trial his way home.
― he is looking only the ball (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 13 April 2014 18:28 (ten years ago) link
It seems to be the eternal sky problem, waiting for the DS to shout go in their ears. I thought when Wiggins and Thomas were chatting about 5km from the end they were formulating a plan, something along the lines of Wiggins chases down any break attempts and Thomas saves it for a sprint. Sky is really not the place to develop a racing brain.
So it appears I was victim of 'Hoon' behaviour last night.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 14 April 2014 06:11 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I thought they were making a plan at that point as well. Kind of amazed Terpstra got away so easily in the end.
― Madchen, Monday, 14 April 2014 06:40 (ten years ago) link
http://www.strava.com/activities/130432764
lol
― Get A BREAKER! MORANTS (haitch), Thursday, 17 April 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
'jill bear' deploying big ring stylez on the cauberg, yet again - never gets old
― Get A BREAKER! MORANTS (haitch), Sunday, 20 April 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
nice job by bmc all around.
― political correctness reins (Hunt3r), Sunday, 20 April 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
A+ beer mat skirt on the podium girl
― Get A BREAKER! MORANTS (haitch), Sunday, 20 April 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
my feed cut off before podium alas
― political correctness reins (Hunt3r), Sunday, 20 April 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
Best teamwork I've seen from BMC in a one day race since Jil-Bear joined, I think.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 21 April 2014 07:17 (ten years ago) link
http://www.cyclingfans.net/2012/images/2012_liege_bastogne_liege_cote_de_saint_roch_peloton1a.jpg
i know, there's the ronde for the roleurs, p-r for the hardmen, amstel for... well, for dudes with insane one time vo2max, but is there anything better than lbl? (no).
― Hunt3r, Friday, 25 April 2014 21:59 (ten years ago) link
btw, slagter.
― Hunt3r, Friday, 25 April 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
Ugh. Sickener for Dan Martin.
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 27 April 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
Poor old Dan, that really was a bummer.
― Madchen, Sunday, 27 April 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
at least epo gave us exploits, this race, it sucked.
― Hunt3r, Sunday, 27 April 2014 15:18 (ten years ago) link
need some sort of terrible panda-referencing tabloid headline for the martin crash imo, just a shocker
agree hunt3r that LBL is best race and that it suuuuucked. one kilometre of real action!
― dong draper (haitch), Monday, 28 April 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
martin handled it as well as he could. still, i would be shocked had he podiumed, if he'd stayed upright. too many fresher legs bearing down there, imo.
― Hunt3r, Monday, 28 April 2014 01:59 (ten years ago) link
You're probably right, but he wouldn't have known that, and the feeling as he skidded down must have been horrendous
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Monday, 28 April 2014 23:17 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/3551219d46f97dd59e9411174064b335/tumblr_n4p59dKmfV1ropreyo1_1280.jpg
Doing his best podge and rodge impression.
DVR failed again but from the reports I might have given up watching as well.
Seems like an opportunist win when everyone else had marked themselves out of contention. Perfectly legit way to win but seems to have been the dullest of the classics this year.
― American Fear of Pranksterism (Ed), Monday, 28 April 2014 23:39 (ten years ago) link
Whoever made the animated gif of the skid is a right meanie.
― Madchen, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 06:05 (ten years ago) link
welp so long and thanks for playing mr. martin. :(
― Hunt3r, Friday, 9 May 2014 18:30 (ten years ago) link
Seriously, this poor guy has a hex on him.
― Madchen, Friday, 9 May 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
Watching a bit of the Tour of California - those roads look great
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 11 May 2014 21:39 (ten years ago) link
Wind! Chaos! This is already more interesting than the Giro d'Irlanda
― Turtleneck Work Solutions (Nasty, Brutish & Short), Sunday, 11 May 2014 21:45 (ten years ago) link
Blimey, Rolland. Has he got this?
― Madchen, Saturday, 17 May 2014 15:00 (ten years ago) link
He can't hang on for 1.4k, shurely.
― Madchen, Saturday, 17 May 2014 15:04 (ten years ago) link
This is like watching a lion chasing a baby wildebeest.
― Madchen, Saturday, 17 May 2014 15:06 (ten years ago) link
Nom.
― Madchen, Saturday, 17 May 2014 15:07 (ten years ago) link
bike racingit's good man
― gbx, Sunday, August 4, 2019 3:13 PM (two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
― gbx, Sunday, 3 October 2021 23:30 (two years ago) link
PR this year one of the best races i've seen in ages
yup
Rolling Pro Cycling Thread
― Nasty, Brutish & Short, Monday, 4 October 2021 20:15 (two years ago) link
not sure about this glasgow course - the elite RRs coud be carnage if it rains. so twisty !
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Saturday, 5 August 2023 09:38 (one year ago) link
what a race. psyched for the U23 and women’s elite RR next week
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Sunday, 6 August 2023 18:30 (one year ago) link
I’m a roglic bidon truther
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Sunday, 6 August 2023 18:34 (one year ago) link
GC kuss
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Thursday, 31 August 2023 18:32 (one year ago) link
“why did he hi five and not try to get the red”i think he’s just awesome like that and also doesn’t need the boys to suffer any extra on his account tbh lol
― you need magical thinking ay my name is david blaine (Hunt3r), Thursday, 31 August 2023 21:10 (one year ago) link
GCN+ dead, I'm devastated
― ( X '____' )/ (zappi), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 18:09 (ten months ago) link
Pog has activated beast mode
― gbx, Saturday, 2 March 2024 20:52 (six months ago) link